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Director: Roland Emmerich Stars: John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor (Full Cast) Studio: Columbia Pictures The Plot: Academic researcher Jackson Curtis (Cusack) leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the Mayan calendar.
THE BUZZ: After 10K BC's middling success, Roland Emmerich probably sensed that movie-going audiences worldwide prefer him in present-tense mode, heavy on apocalyptic imagery. I've heard rumors that 2012's script, which Emmerich wrote with composer-turned-screenwriter Harald Kloser, contains an incredibly cheesy twist of Shyamalanian proportions, but I'm not one to seek out (or deliver) spoilery goods. I will say that part of me hopes this end-of-the-world scenario could mint Emmerich as the slightly higher brow Uwe Boll, if only he thought to cast Tara Reid as an anthropologist here. Said differently: This A-and-B-list cast is slumming! P.S. Have you heard the one about Emmerich's planned 2012 TV spin-off? Message Boards: OMG this movie SUCKED!!!!!! (spoilers) | 100 things we've learned from 2012 Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Richard Curtis Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost (Full Cast) Studio: Focus Features The Plot: A 1960's comedy about an illegal radio station run by a band of rogue DJs on a ship in the middle of Britain's North Sea. By defying the tastes and laws of the ruling government, the disc jockeys hooked their listeners on pop music and its attendant ideas of love and free will.
THE BUZZ: Universal has reworked and retitled this rebellious period comedy since its UK go-round earlier this year, though I'm unsure whether lodging it in the middle of awards season is an indication that the studio simply is pushing the movie out to sea. Message Boards: Any Difference between US and UK Release? | This looks really terrible Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Wes Anderson Stars: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray (Full Cast) Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures The Plot: Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family. Based on the book by Roald Dahl.
THE BUZZ: While some of the media is slam-booking Wes Anderson, we're choosing to let his nuanced clutch of films speak for itself in advance of Mr. Fox's arrival. We admittedly were a bit anxious about the look and feel of the first trailer, but the supplemental featurettes and clips eased us into Anderson's make-believe world (and we were realigned by this feels-similar video by electronic brother-sister duo The Knife). We still wonder, however, if this is another Where the Wild Things Are in it's ability to resonate with adults, but not so much with kids. Message Boards: Will non W.A. fans go see this | Finally no CGI!!! Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Oren Moverman Stars: Ben Foster, Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson (Full Cast) Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories The Plot: A soldier (Foster) struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer (Morton). THE BUZZ: Neverminding The Hurt Locker's moderate success, Iraq-war dramas are still a dicey commercial prospect, though acclaimed screenwriter Oren Moverman's directorial debut has kept its festival buzz building, and insiders are saying Ben Foster turns in another watch-out performance. Ditto Harrelson, who has had a banner 2009. Message Boards: i hadn't heard of this movie | if the movie is only half as good as the trailer... Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Adam Salky Stars: Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer (Full Cast) Studio: Image Entertainment The Plot: A drama centered around three high school seniors - an aspiring actress (Rossum), her misfit best friend (Springer), and a loner (Gilford) - who become engaged in an intimate and complicated relationship.
THE BUZZ: I remember being seriously underwhelmed by this one at Sundance back in January - then again, this is more of a sleepover movie for edgy teenage girls than stimulation for a pudgy guy in his late 30s. Though I will say I expected a bit more from support staff Ana Gasteyer, Sandra Bernhard (who sorta look like sisters these days) and Alan Cumming, whose names are being used to promote the movie, though they have precious little screen time. For the young trio of actors at the center of this drama, let's say they are characterizations that would fade into the background of pretty much any show on the CW. Message Boards: CROWD REPORTS | Song in clip #2 (Apple movie trailer)? Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Sebastian Gutierrez Stars: Carla Gugino, Adrianne Palicki, Connie Britton (Full Cast) Studio: Screen Media Films The Plot: Different forms of trouble bring together eight seemingly disparate women over the course of one day in Los Angeles. THE BUZZ: After a series of diminishing returns from the world of horror/thrillers, Sebastian Gutierrez seems on the brink of reinvention with a Almodóvar-inspired sex comedy that situates his real-life girlfriend, Carla Gugino, smack in the middle the manic/camp proceedings. Outfitted with a handful of actresses we'd love to see more often, and goosed by cameos from Josh Brolin and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, we hope this well-reviewed L.A. romp breaks away from the indie pack and convinces Gutierrez to take a long break from the big studios. Message Boards: Has anyone actually seen this movie? | 'Women In Trouble' Coming To DVD + Blu-ray 2/16/10 Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Roland Emmerich Stars: John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor (Full Cast) Studio: Columbia Pictures The Plot: Academic researcher Jackson Curtis (Cusack) leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the Mayan calendar. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: After 10K BC's middling success, Roland Emmerich probably sensed that movie-going audiences worldwide prefer him in present-tense mode, heavy on apocalyptic imagery. I've heard rumors that 2012's script, which Emmerich wrote with composer-turned-screenwriter Harald Kloser, contains an incredibly cheesy twist of Shyamalanian proportions, but I'm not one to seek out (or deliver) spoilery goods. I will say that part of me hopes this end-of-the-world scenario could mint Emmerich as the slightly higher brow Uwe Boll, if only he thought to cast Tara Reid as an anthropologist here. Said differently: This A-and-B-list cast is slumming! P.S. Have you heard the one about Emmerich's planned 2012 TV spin-off? Message Boards: OMG this movie SUCKED!!!!!! (spoilers) | 100 things we've learned from 2012 Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Robert Zemeckis Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth (Full Cast) Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures The Plot: An animated retelling of the Charles Dickens novel about Ebenezer Scrooge (Carrey), a Victorian-era miser who is taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: Could it be that Robert Zemeckis has finally found source material that perfectly suits his creepy mo-cap fantasies? Initially we were unsure, but ever since Comic-Con we've been behind this movie way more so than our affection for Monster House and Beowulf combined. However, this does not mean we're behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2 ... Message Boards: Irish Accent? | Disney mark misleading Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Grant Heslov Stars: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey (Full Cast) Studio: Overture Films The Plot: In Iraq, reporter Bob Wilton (McGregor) meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), whose seemingly wild claim - that he's a member of the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions - causes Wilton to join Cassady's hunt for the battalion's founder, whose gone missing. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: I like it when Clooney has a full-fledged character to play and isn't just in leading-man mode, and Kurt Wimmer's book is too against-the-grain for any established studio to be interested in the adaptation, which is being handled by Clooney's producing partner, Grant Heslov (his second picture as director). Enter Overture Films, who's gunning for awards-season recognition with this project as well as Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story. Meanwhile, over at Sony, Clooney and Heslov will develop more mainstream fare after severing their decade-old relationship with Warner Bros. back in June. Message Boards: Very Coen Brothers. And very good. | Ewan's accent Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Lee Daniels Stars: Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton (Full Cast) Studio: Lionsgate The Plot: In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen (Sidibe) who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: Mo'Nique is going to win the Best Supporting Actress for her role in this terrifying realistic drama from Lee Daniels. (Or maybe she won't?) A pivotal scene between Mo' and star Gabby Sidibe literally made crowds gasp at Sundance earlier this year, and it is sure to illicit similar reactions from general audiences this winter. What Daniels has done here is rather remarkable: His take on the hardships faced by the titular character is only semi-sentimental, and it implies that a person's conviction is the one thing that remains when their circumstances are remarkably bleak. Amazingly, his story is also funny. This is, quite simply, a great film. And if you need your mood lightened while watching it, squint just a bit and Mariah Carey's mustache really comes into focus. Message Boards: I seriously just want to know...... | Audience reactions Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Kenny Ortega Stars: Michael Jackson (Full Cast) Studio: Columbia Pictures The Plot: A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: For the millions of MJ fans who bought tickets to his sold-out series of 50 comeback concerts before he died last June, this is definitely not it. But, it's the best the promoters could do to recover some of its losses and offer grieving fans a glimpse of what might have been. Sony and the Jackson family have apparently pulled out all the stops to make sure this lives up to the Gloved One's glittery standards -- featuring rare rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage (shot in HD!), state-of-the-art digital sound and 3-D sequences intended for use in the live concerts -- building up to what will most likely be a spectacular celebration of the late entertainer's talents, but also a bittersweet reminder of them as well. Message Boards: Jackson fans can't miss this clip... WATCH | This Is It. This is why they murdered him. Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi Stars: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton (Full Cast) Studio: Universal Pictures The Plot: An investigator (Jovovich) is dispatched to Nome, Alaska to puzzle out a 40-year-long mystery involving an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances in the town. Her videotaped evidence looks to present the most convincing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: Mystery and potential government conspiracies await Jovovich on her visit to Palin-ville. This thriller was scooped up by Universal during the summer when post-production on The Wolf Man pushed that film's release date to 2010. Before Paranormal Activity mania struck, I thought this movie was a goner -- another round of bad luck for Milla (and Universal) who saw her critically well-received thriller A Perfect Getaway fade away like a hazy summer memory. Now, it just might connect with audiences who are craving caught-on-tape horrors. Message Boards: Can Aliens and Christianity co-exist??? | 100 things i learned about The Fourth Kind(Spoilers) Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Peter Billingsley Stars: Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau (Full Cast) Studio: Universal Pictures The Plot: Four couples settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: Whether Retreat's mainstream-cool cast was handpicked by former swingers Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau or assembled by Universal's business-development execs, the crossover factor is off the PowerPoint charts here. Though the Industry has been riding the studio hard for its series of flops and underperformers (Public Enemies is the closet thing to a hit in a losing streak which includes Land of the Lost, Funny People, Brüno, and, most recently, The Invention of Lying), it would take a miscue of maximum incompetence for this date movie to tank. Message Boards: what's with the ugly guys plus hot women couples? | Funniest Movie I have seen in a long time Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Oren Peli Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Michael Bayouth (Full Cast) Studio: Paramount Pictures The Plot: While settling into her new home, Katie (Featherston) is disturbed in her sleep by a mysterious presence. Her husband, Micah (Sloat), tries to ease her fear by installing video cameras in an attempt to capture the strange behavior on tape. Bad idea. User Rating: THE BUZZ: The found-footage story idea has served writer-director Oren Peli well, since Paranormal Activity has been buzzing for almost two years now. Paramount scooped up U.S. rights and scrapped the original idea to remake the movie for general audiences. No wonder the online scene has embraced the minimalist horror-thriller (it's a zero-budget affair shot with a barebones crew) and the studio subsequently will focus their marketing efforts to genre sites, Facebook, etc.; in fact, check out the movie's unique "Demand It" feature -- essentially a contest for screenings to occur in your area. Elsewhere, according to reviews, unlike recent horror bomb Sorority Row, this movie features a protagonist (Katie Featherston) you actually care about! Message Boards: Transsexual Dies at Paranormal Activity Screening | How did they... Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: F. Gary Gray Stars: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb (Full Cast) Studio: Overture Films The Plot: After family man Clyde Shelton (Butler) is failed by the court system, he concocts a series of events designed to exact his revenge on the killers of his wife and daughter. And from inside his jail cell, the mastermind lures the prosecutor (Foxx) who orchestrated the unjust deal into his deadly plan. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: Working chronologically backwards, notions of Jigsaw, Hannibal Lecter, and Charles Bronson's Paul Kersey come to mind for what shaping up to be one of the year's most guilty pleasures; "to not crave it is to not crave cheesesteaks," as one descriptive insider put it. Message Boards: Alternate Ending - Spoilers | My reason why the ending was disappointing Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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Director: Richard Kelly Stars: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella (Full Cast) Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures The Plot: A young couple is gifted with a mysterious box that promises them a handsome windfall with deadly consequences. User Rating:
THE BUZZ: Director Kelly's totally in his element here (and playing it much safer than his last movie) with this Twilight Zone-inspired thriller. Expect dark, supernatural elements, requisite non sequiturs, Hitchcocky plot twists and an indier-than-thou soundtrack (replete with Mellotron and tambourines). But, what's with the studio bumping this -- from March to November, back to October, etc. -- when it was supposedly a done deal and what's with all those Cameron Diaz ascots? Message Boards: What The Hell!!....Wha? | Obivously Richard Kelly has seen Phantasm Showtimes | Trailers | Photos | Message Boards | User Comments | Reviews | |||||
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